Hurt Go Happy: A novel inspired by the true story of a chimpanzee who learned sign language

Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis is used to being left out of conversations. Though she's been deaf since the age of six, Joey's mother has never allowed her to learn sign language. She strains to read the lips of those around her, but often fails. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. Her new friends use sign language to communicate, and Joey secretly begins to learn to sign. Spending time with Charlie and Sukari, Joey has never been happier. She even starts making friends at school for the first time. But as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, Charlie's and Sukari's choices begin to narrow—until Sukari's very survival is in doubt. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied. Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, is used to being left out of conversations because her mother never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari, but as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, the everything changes again Struggling to make her way through the world in spite of her mother's refusal to let her learn sign language, deaf teen Joey Willis secretly learns to sign while helping a primate scientist and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari. When Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, Deaf Since The Age Of Six, Meets Dr. Charles Mansell And His Chimpanzee Sukari, Who Use Sign Language, Her World Blooms With Possibilities But That Of The Chimp Begins To Narrow.